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Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum
Title
Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum / auctore Humfredo Lhuyd, Denbyghiense, Cambro Britanno ; huius auctoris diligentiam and iudicium lector admirabitur.
Publication
Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne, Germany] : Apud Ioannem Birckmannum, MDLXXII [1572]
Physical Description
[8], 79 [that is, 78] leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN Ede 572L: Bookplate of John Camp Williams.
BEIN Osborn pa85: Monogram stamp of Narcissus Luttrell, dated 1696 in manuscript. Bookplate of James Stevens Cox. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf).
Notes
Error in foliation: leaf 78 misnumbered "79".
Signatures: A-K⁸ L⁸ (L7-L8 blank).
Includes index.
An English translation was published 1573 in London with title: The Breviary of Britain.
Includes the author's letter to cartographer Abraham Ortelius dated from Denbigh 30 August 1568, and a brief Welsh-Latin vocabulary at the end.
Variant and related titles
Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentvm
Fragment. Britan. descript.
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Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), L 2153
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